In Dayton, OH, a "scuff, prep and paint", same color, no body work, OE quality paint job would run right at 10K at a commercial body shop. This would be tape and paint, not disassemble, paint and reassemble. This is why I won't even consider buying a car that needs extensive body and paint work anymore. There are extremely rare exceptions of course. Even at the current crazy auction and selling prices, a frame off, rotisserie restoration is a losing investment unless a very rare, numbers matching model. Especially full size cars, my favorites.
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